CBGA-FM

Matane,Quebec
Broadcast area	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Frequency	102.1MHz (FM)
Branding	Ici Radio-Canada Première
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	September 1,1948 asCKBL[1]
Call sign meaning	CanadianBroadcasting CorporationGAspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	42.93kWs horizontal polarization only
HAAT	199.8 meters (656 ft)
Links
Website	Ici Radio-Canada Première

CBGA-FM is aFrench-languageCanadianradio station located inMatane,Quebec.

Owned and operated bySociété Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 102.1MHz with aneffective radiated power of 42,930 watts (class C1) using anomnidirectional antenna.

The station has a non-commercialnews/talkformat and is part of theIci Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all other Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, CBGA-FM broadcasts inmono.

Previously known asCBGA when the station was on 1250kHz, the station moved to 102.1FM in 2004. The station was founded in 1948 asCKBL and changed its call sign when it was bought by Radio-Canada in 1972.

The station's current local programs areBon pied, bonne heure !, in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., andAu coeur du monde in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBGA-FM also co-producesD'Est en est, a pan-regional program produced in turn withCJBR-FMRimouski andCBSI-FMSept-Îles and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide (Quebec) produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program,Samedi et rien d'autre, originates fromCBF-FMMontreal.

On August 30, 2011, the CBC has applied to close AM stationCBGA-1, a 10,000 watt Class B repeater inGrande-Anse, New Brunswick, to be replaced with FM transmitters inChandler,New Richmond,New Carlisle,Percé andPort-Daniel–Gascons.^[2][3] These transmitters were approved by the CRTC on October 28, 2011.^[4] The AM station mainly served listeners on the Quebec side ofChaleur Bay; listeners in theBathurst area already receive Première programming from CBAF-FM-2 105.7 inAllardville, a repeater ofCBAF-FMMoncton.

On January 4, 2013, the CBC filed an application to convertCBGA-6 1270 to 97.7 MHz.^[5] This application was approved by the CRTC on April 11, 2013.^[6]

During 2014, additional transmitters were applied for, and approved, inEscuminac^[7] andMatapédia.^[8]

CBGA-1 left the air in early December 2014, after the aforementioned FM rebroadcasters on the Quebec side of Chaleur Bay were activated.^[9]

• Ici Radio-Canada Première(in French)
• CBGA-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
• CBGA in the REC Canadian station database

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• Ici Radio-Canada Première stations
• French-language radio stations in Quebec
• Matane
• Radio stations established in 1948
• 1948 establishments in Quebec

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